A recommended Binge Watch if you're into cheese

Plot-wise the show was definitely lacking. But I have to give it up to the characters and case for making me finish the full 16 eps of the drama. The characters are sweet and the actors do a good job of immersing me in their stories. There was some huge potential lost but the drama never promised me more than it delivered. It felt like your old-school high teen drama and was perfect for it. I skipped through the ending a bit so I have to say I have no clue what happened to the villain and idc cause he was never the point I suggest if you read this review before watching you ignore that part too!

It was nice to see Bae In Hyuk in a happy cute role, looking forward to his future dramas. I need to watch more Han Ji Hyun too

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Should have been 16 episodes but I will forgive them since they gave us a good ending.

Since the first episode, there hasn't been a moment that I have not been in love with this drama. I watched every single episode within hours of release which is a feat for me who likes to watch both of the week's episodes at once.

No character was twisted to fit the plot or their circumstances. Everyone lived to their wishes even the villains of the story didn't just serve the purpose of the villain but were their humans, from Mok-ha's father down to Ki-ho's.

My favorite part has to be the siblings. In all K-dramas with a love triangle, not a single "brother couple" was as beautiful as Wohak & Bogeol. Love isn't everything, sometimes some things are more important, and some confessions can be left unconfessed.

If you like picking flaws in dramas, I am sure you'll find a couple here and there. In my case, I can turn a blind eye to the unreal things as a favor to all the beautiful emotions they showed me. Great acting on everyone's part (besides a few very minor characters). I wished that Mok-ha's accent became a little lighter at some early point but it was inevitable given the short time the drama covers.

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Left an empty place, a scar, and some resentment in my heart but I don't regret watching this one.

This drama was wonderful all throughout its run. I just find the modern-day to past connection hard to believe. I still don't get why ghost-coma and now time-reverse dramas need a realistic approach. The story this drama tells is a peculiar story and that ending, although hard to watch, was understandable. I just hated how the world I was introduced to for 14 episodes crumbled all at once. The first episode was too hard to finish but I held through because I knew it wasn't part of drama's main world. This didn't make the final episode any better. I could be one of the "delusional ones" who can't understand why we did this shift. But I will respect the author's choice of ultimately making HW the main character and not DJ.

To me, in the end, DJ died an unjustifiable death right before achieving his goal and HW got to repent, reconcile with his family, and even achieve DJ goal. Even during the "past" time, the drama made sure to strip HW/DJ from a parental tie with his rich parents. Not at any specific moment did he come to consider them as family. In the last episode, it was no different. He saw them as DJ family with a completely different emotional reaction to meeting his current-day father and brother.
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This drama aside I can't believe I began and ended 2022 with outstanding dramas with an unsatisfactory end. Hoping 2023 brings an even better performance with a matched story.

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Do it! Go watch it! Don't hesistate! A netflix without an open ending, finally!

I loved this one. Disclaimer: Don't mind KSR character disappearance and just watch it expecting that her story ends somewhat well. I think it wasn't completely out of nowhere and was very happy they didn't keep any loose strings with her like dying or so.

The series: it was amazing and complete. The two leads played their parts very well and helped the other stay grounded and grow. I am sad we didn't get our perfectly happy ending but the story did make sense.

The ending: it was great. There's a possibility for season 2 and there's hope that we see them again; however, the story we followed ended. No hiding tricks and nothing left for us to see with the plot beyond our characters' original dream coming true. The characters grew into what we wanted them to be.

Please watch if you don't mind blood. Some hard scenes will be there but it's not horror level gore. The action is great I usually skip action scenes because they don't interest me but I found myself replaying to watch them again.

Hopes for season 2: !!!!!!!! (please please please skip this part if you didn't finish it yet) idm spoliers but the below won't be nice to know before watching!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- I really wanna see and believe Lee Doo-young or at least his family are alive! If there were to be season 2 it'd be too bad that all the ahjusshis are gone!
- If that isn't possible, I want a pre-Kim Myeong-gil storyline with old gang.
- I am dropping my hopes of Hyun-joo's return but if she were to comeback I want to know she's done something to the revenge could be unrelated to the clean up our couple has done but still some active participation that helped them in secret.
- Jae-min, our kim min jae, he needs to be back! He's a smartass and could be used by Ill group illegally if they ever wanna enter the scene - in an attempt to not be targeted by some goons again. Y'know the chaebeol style/pride.
--> The MARINES! Idk what about them but that plotline better go somewhere. I loved the addition and it gave an incredible spice.

Is there more?

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A Solid 8. Would stick for a second season if there is any.

I would have loved it if the show was going to be about accountants' day-to-day office life, but that wasn't the case since the first episode. It's clear that the show is motivated by revenge and although revenge dramas aren't my cup of tea I stuck the entire run without missing a week. I was always curious and because I knew nothing about "numbers" and the finance world I couldn't expect the run of events so it was interesting enough.

The show is decent in plot. It didn't focus much on the characters which is always a minus for me. The grandma character was poorly used. I can almost say the same for the characters around Howoo.

Season 2 can be fun. I would hate for it to be in the same concept as season 1 but if we refocus on the characters' relationship and use Jisoo's son as a focal point we can get somewhere fun. The good thing about the show was that it identified a good villain who wouldn't make the battles against get boring. It also recognized there is no "happily ever after" and left us with a lot of realism even after very sour crimes.

TLDR Good show. Nice story. Perhaps if it had a slightly different approach I would have liked it more. I would recommend it. I would love for more people to see how good of an actor KMS is.

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Loved it

This gave me Life on Mars vibes which I also really loved. It just had better romance & more fleshed side characters. I came with low expectations but the drama had everything I liked, school setting, adorable couples, and dynamic one-line actors. The killer was tricky, I had my doubts till the very end so I was pleasantly surprised that I wasn't a step ahead of the writing. Even the time machine owner was a surprise to me, my guesses were all in the wrong places with this one.

Overall, I am delighted with the themes and plots within the main story. I wasn't happy with the main character's treatment of her father initially, but that was also part of the emotions I needed to feel. It made me think that one grows while understanding their mother's feelings but they mature once they can understand their dad (or at least girls like me do).

Great watch, I binged this so I expect myself to forget the minor details and want to rewatch again soon. Maybe then I'll figure out why they can travel to a certain day of the year and why they went back to that date at the end.

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I don't care what you like... if you like kdramas you should watch this one.

Every episode was extremely special; I never thought "I can't wait for the next one" after finishing an episode. Not because there wasn't any excitement but because each episode was so full that I could wait to live with whatever they gave me. I also had patience whenever an "arc" stayed for too long. Every story and character was so special. You will hate them and you will love them but you will also understand them so dearly. Of course, you'll fall in love with the main lead but that's not the story. The story is all about Ra MiRan's character which couldn't be any better.

All the small details. All the memories. All the connections. They were all beautiful.

I have some regrets about the final episode somehow it felt rushed like a movie ending. The main concerns were resolved way too fast after a long build-up. But like I said they weren't the point. Kang ho's real 30something character & life wasn't the point and his revenge was more so. There wasn't a reason for us to dwell more than necessary over his revenge and adult life. We needed to know what was needed to fulfill the story of his relationship with his mom and what led him back to her.

In a way, my regrets regarding the ending are a little subjective. I wanted to see a different future for him. Living happily managing the farm with Mijoo, who liked painting nails more than anything, and him, who's a prosecutor thorough and thorough, didn't work well with me. I kept imagining a season 2 where (after LDH finishes the military - yes I thought far enough) he goes back as a lawyer (his license gets reinstated) and continues his work. I would also love to see the rest of the characters including the twins live their lives normally with bliss.

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You are missing out if you didn't watch this!

Love love it --- best acting I've seen in a while (maybe ever really). Top to end everything fit so well. Should have had a Grandpa scene in the end but nevertheless all was so beautifully done.
Was it so hard to make a drama with a bittersweet yet happy ending? You know who you are!

The acting was very well balanced between emotional and comical which is not an easy task. I applaud everyone who participated in the casting. Although at this point chungha's step sister should really get a role where she isn't the rich mean girl; like I know it suits her but c'mon.

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Perfect RomComs are getting harder to find I hope you stumble upon this one!

This one was soo good. It wasn't too light on feelings or emotions but it wasn't complex and "smart" either. It's a perfect Romcom movie that gets into details without boring the watcher. You sign up for what you get and you get what you sign up for.

I see it as extremely re-watchable. Not because I missed anything but because I think the actors breathed enough life into their characters to last ages. Just like a classic rom-com. I found this drama very endearing and likable after being made to watch a romance on top of tons of tragedy and social justice-provoking problems. It's not that I don't like my dramas with a pinch of tragedy but simple ones that aren't so simple are getting harder to find. Dramas I can watch without raking my brain but feeling and setting back. Dramas that don't want to make me cry but empathize and try to understand what it's like for spring to arrive as the weather gets ready for snow, what it is like to muster the courage to confess with false hopes and get let down.

The lines in the script were beautiful. I enjoyed all narrations and I loved the feeling of being able to read Bo-ra's book. You might not relate to or like everything but that's life and I loved how this drama is as realistic as a drama could be.

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An increidbly heartwrenching watch.. Free Palestine

Watching this as there is an ongoing genocide in Gaza gave the movie an even wider depth. The movie based on a real-life event was hard to bear knowing that injustices such as those presented are unfolding everywhere around the world with no real accountability.

The law protects the rich from the poor. From global human rights being denied to people of color to labor rights being denied to workers at the bottom of the chain. All this happens while those in power don't soil their hands and give orders so that the weak, brainwashed and braindead, are punishing the weaker.

Movies are beautiful as such, they challenge you to think. At times they are entertaining but most often they are bare-boned with the purpose of evoking a human response and reaction of anyone who cares about humanity.

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." Please, if you read this, take the time to fight injustices you can change. Speak loud enough so the weak aren't silenced so that the news has no choice but to show your side too. Free Palestine.

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It's a crime that the romance was so good but didn't have room to develop more

I thoroughly enjoyed this one. All characters were well written, developed, and well used for the storyline. That's my prime criterion for judging a slice of life like this one.

There were storylines I liked and ones I didn't, that's life, so I can't complain about not having the fairytale ending when the drama was filled with reality. You don't always get the courage to raise a kid as a high schooler and you don't always get to make that one last call before someone dies. You also don't get the magical everything is all better after a kiss either.

If you're into a Korean drama that's closer to a sitcom and has adult themes (no vulgar scenes; none that I can recall), you'll enjoy this one.

Park Sunghoon - I realized your value once again. I love him in simple roles like this one, looking forward to his next work.

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Great show - coming from someone who doesn't like ghosts stories!

I am so happy I was able to watch this all in one go. I didn't pay any attention to this drama because I couldn't bring myself to watch another show about a ghost - good or bad. This one was so well made and well told that it didn't feel like a ghost story.

This is a show you shouldn't spoil before watching. Don't read too much and dive into the first episode you'll find yourself watching the next one.

What I loved was that the slight romance (that last episode scene when Hongsae held the cup is going on my top 10 romantic scenes), the historical background, and the acting were all in the perfect doses.

Shout out to the drum OST sound that hypes up the horror scenes.

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Solid 7. It was fun just not my type of fun.

I have been giving high reviews recently so I am excited to give this one a solid 7. I thought my drama meter was broken, turns out I still had places where I draw the line on bad.

The drama ended and I still didn't root for any of the characters, I didn't trust or believe anyone including FL. This is not what I typically watch dramas for and if it wasn't a full binge I probably wouldn't have finished.

Many smart moves and for once the police weren't bad - he might actually be my favorite. I appreciate the point of the story just can't help but think it was lacking in delivery. The villains survived far too long with their pity schemes and the only "true" villain's downfall was a behind-the-scenes prep. I am not gonna write an essay about it so I'll stop here. It was fun while it lasted but the production, cast, cameos, and acting were superior to the plot. I also don't get why we couldn't get a better happy ending when the ending was supposed to be happy. Like really no cute couples? The best couple scenes were given to the Sihyeon and not Ari?

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Worth the Watch: Left so much to miss

I loved this season 10 times better than the first so if you liked season 1 you should watch this one. I also never fully finished the first season so even if you didn't watch season 1 you'll be fine. It will feel like you missed reading the prequel but beyond that, this season stands on its own.

I have been enjoying the less than 16-episode format, but I wish for more after the whole issue was resolved. I got so attached to our characters so whenever they were peacefully sitting by in the yard that was my favorite moment.

The season is so well-directed, edited, and written. The story wasn't bad. I am not sure if it was great. The whole plot beyond the three mountain gods wasn't to my taste even the backstory and betrayal was a little undeveloped. I know that they did it to not stretch out the events and some people will enjoy that the drama is shorter than usual. But this one is different it's not your usual drama where leads go stupid on episode 14 I think they could have played off 4 more episodes as splendidly as they did for the entire 12.

TLDR; go watch. great show. I hope in season 3 or a future cut I can see Hongju happy with someone besides Yeon (I am shipping her with the Jindu but fine with the other one). Foxes should be the only ones in the show who can't have but one love, the others should find a happy ending, please.

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Every thing has an ending and we after sweet home (webtoon) I expected this one

I am not a huge fan of shit hits the fan in the last episode ending. and I also think part 2 shouldn't have been separated from part one and that it could have been better.

That being said. This drama was from episode one a direct attack on the school system and college entrance exam. It had a message and was committed to it. The happening was not "spheres falling" but "exam points being offered". They never made an effort to study, analyze, or inspect the monsters beyond what was needed on site. So beating and solving the issue was never the solution.

I do agree with the idiocy of the adults and was baffled to see parents still caring about the exams; however, I wasn't surprised. The show didn't give us an ounce of hope that the kids will make it (no survivors scenes or experiments and labs like all of us are dead). Is this a good ending? Not really. Is it a bad one? Not necessarily. Would I still recommend it? Yes! If I go back in time would I not watch part 2? Part 2 wasn't bad it was a continuation of part 1 plot, the plot wouldn't change and the ending make sense in that case.

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